Hawick Burghs (UK Parliament constituency)

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Hawick Burghs Burgh constituency
Created:	1868
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

Hawick Burghs was a district of burghs constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1868 until 1918. It consised of the Roxburghshire burgh of Hawick and the Selkirkshire burghs of Galashiels and Selkirk.

1 Members of Parliament
2 Election results
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1868	George Otto Trevelyan	Liberal	later a Liberal Unionist
	1886	Alexander Laing Brown	Liberal
	1892	Thomas Shaw	Liberal	later Baron Craigmyle
	1909 by-election	Sir John Barran	Liberal
1918		constituency abolished

[edit] Election results

General Election 1906: Hawick Burghs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Rt Hon Thomas Shaw KC	3,125
	Liberal Unionist	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	2,444

General Election 1886: Hawick Burghs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Alexander Laing Brown	2,523
	Liberal Unionist	Rt Hon Sir George Otto Trevelyan Bt	2,493

George Otto Trevelyan was returned without opposition at the 1885 general election and again after acceptance of office as Secretary for Scotland, at a by-election on 10 February 1886.

[edit] See also

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